tokyo tower

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo

Symbol of Japan’s reconstruction after the war, Tokyo Tower was built in 1958 by Taichu Naito, specialist in earthquake-resistant structures and to who we also owe Sapporo’s TV tower and Nagoya’s one. In contrast to popular misconceptions, Tokyo Tower is not a reproduction of Paris’s Eiffel Tower at all – just look at it to see that there is no ressemblance. It has four legs plus a central tube for a better resistance against earthquakes. With a 333-meter height, this tower offers two accessible observatories from which you can see the Mount Fuji some days.

useful information

Location

Island : Honshu

Region : Kanto

Prefecture : Tokyo

City : Tokyo

Ward : Minato

Access

From Tokyo Station

⇒ Take the Marunouchi Line (metro) until the next station (Otemachi), then take the Mita Line until Onarimon station (3rd stop). Finally, walk approximately 850 meters to the south-west.
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⇒ Walk 500 meters to Otemachi station (metro), then take the Mita Line until Onarimon station (3rd stop). Finally, walk approximately 850 meters to the south-west.

Closest stations and stops

Onarimon Station

  • toei  Mita line  Mita Line

Kamiyacho Station

  • Tokyo metro  Hibiya line  Hibiya Line

Akabanebashi Station

  • toei  Oedo line  Oedo Line

Daimon Station

  • toei  Asakusa line  Asakusa Line
  • toei  Oedo line  Oedo Line

If you want to learn more about Tokyo – e.g find a hotel or get more details about the city and its surroundings -, visit Tokyo’s online portal